Coming up LABOR DAY WEEKEND  in ROME GA.  21st ANNUAL RUNNING WATER POWWOW .  
http://runningwaterpowwow.com/

PLEASE JOIN US AT THE 25TH REUNION OF THE FALLING LEAVES RENDEZVOUS
OCTOBER 5-10 AT CHEROKEE FARM IN LAFAYETTE, GA
 Its going to be a GREAT WEEK to study a variety of PRIMITIVE SKILLS!
Click on this link for more info: 
http://www.eduexcursions.org/emails/FallingLeavesMay10a.html

Russell Cave was great as always! Shelia Reed and her staff always host a very high-quality educational program.  Please check it out next year - first weekend in May. Bridgeport Alabama. 
http://www.nps.gov/ruca/index.htm

THANKS to all of you who came out to support the ROLLING THUNDER MOTHERS DAY INDIAN FESTIVAL AND POWWOW  in Canton, Ga. over Mothers's Day weekend.  The weather was great and crowds were huge!  Lots of good energy all around.!
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WAYS OF THE ANCESTORS provides educational programs in Primitive Technologies and Ancient Lifeskills.  Skills our ancestors used on a daily basis, such as braintanning deerskins, friction firemaking, flintknapping, edible and medicinal plant use, primitive cooking without utensils, and primitive weaponry can all be learned by studying with our instructors. 

Since the beginning of time, our ancestors have lived close to the Earth.  Born without fur or claw, they had to learn to use nature's gifts in order to survive. Secrets hidden in the leaves, the trees, the rocks, even the Earth itself made life easier for those who were able to unlock them.

Primitive Skills Classes,  Braintan buckskins

Ways of the Ancestors provides programs and demonstrations in Primitive Skills which were practiced by people all over the world for thousands of years.  Regardless of your heritage, somewhere in your lineage members of your family knew how to tan deer skins using the animal's brain,  how to start fires by 'rubbing two sticks together,' and how to make functional tools  from native stone.  Now you, too, can reconnect with your past and learn these long neglected and nearly forgotten by modern man.

Programs are custom-designed for any age group, from pre-school to adult; from school-day presentations to weeklong camps.  Contact us with your special needs and we can help tailor a program to meet the needs of you and your group.  We are based in North Georgia but have traveled extensively throughout the United States.

                                                                                                       
Now we offer you the unique opportunity to learn those valuable and long-forgotten skills.  Learn how to make tools from stone and bone,  fires without matches, candles from animal fat, cordage from plant fibers, baskets from natural materials.  Let WAYS OF THE ANCESTORS take you back in time........ 


SCHOOL - DAY SESSIONS              
SPECIAL EVENTS - HISTORICAL PROGRAMS

               OVERNIGHT CAMPOUTS

               WEEKEND PROGRAMS

               POWWOW/RENDEZVOUS

               SUMMER CAMPS

NOW YOU CAN LEARN HOW TO:

start fires without matches

tan animal skins for clothing

make tools from stone and bone

set -up and live in a tipi

cook primitively without modern utensils

     using only hot stones and other natural  materials          

make natural cordage/rope

identify and use edible/medicinal plants

use gourds, bamboo, and rivercane to

   make useful items

make baskets from native plant materials
  

                    

                                                                

                                          

 


ABOUT US

Buck Windsor and Richie Taylor met at the Rivercane Rendezvous at Unicoi State Park in the early 90's.  They began sharing what they'd learned with others and soon WAYS OF THE ANCESTORS was born.  Since then they have presented at dozens of schools, churches, Scout groups and others! 

Buck is a retired Bell South executive and now owns his own internet yellowpage business. He has become a respected instructor at both Earthskills Gatherings, as well as Rabbitstick in Idaho and Winter Count in Arizona.  You can reach him at 770-540-3434 or via email at kew711@bellsouth.net.
Richie has been a teacher in Georgia's public schools for 29 years. He is looking forward to having more time to devote to our programs after retirement.  He currently demonstrates at several Native Powwows and Cultural events, and as many school day programs as possible. Contact Richie at 770-889-7959 or email at rgtaylor58@aol.com

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